If you want to catch fish away from home, find a local expert. Vin Sparano has fished the coast from Maine to Virginia with some of the country's best-known anglers for decades, and he's been collecting their hard-earned advice the whole time. Now he's sharing it in this book. The Northeast Guide to

Comprehensive coverage of the best fishing waters along the northeast coast.

This complete book contains valuable information on more than 125 popular saltwater gamefish species. Includes tips and insights on selecting the correct rods and reels for each gamefish, an overview on terminal tackle, easy-to-follow illustrations of knots and rigging, conventional and fly-fishing techniques, a lowdown on boats and marine electronics, and a section on marine conservation and how you can help protect our gamefish populations.

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the union, but with 384 miles of tidal shoreline the saltwater fishing possibilities are almost endless. Fishing New England, A Rhode Island Shore Guide lists over fifty shore fishing locations for everyone from families with small children to the dedicated surfcaster. Where and when to fish each spot, along with detailed maps, driving directions and access information are included. Local experts provide additional background on techniques, history and fishing strategies.

This comprehensive manual shows you how to go places and do things you never thought possible in a small outboard motorboat. A well-designed ruggedly built 17-footer, for instance, can fish offshore, circumnavigate Lake Superior, and crisscross the continent on inland waterways or on a trailer pulled by the family car. Small outboards are among the most versatile boats ever developed and are far more able than you might expect. Covered here are all the popular types--and some exciting alternatives as well as methods that may change your entire boating outlook. Aided by contributions from other experts, veteran outboard skipper David R. Getchell, Sr., offers a wealth of useful facts and special savvy that reveal for the first time in a single book the true potential of these democratic boats 20 feet and under. Here are the means to understand what can be done, and the way to do it safely, including: how to judge a boat's potential and capabilities based on design and construction; how to rebuild an older boat; how to handle a little boat in big seas, surf, or shallow water; how to navigate; how to read the weather; how to head upriver or offshore; how to trailer your boat; how to manage and equip it for camp cruising on a nearby lake or for subarctic exploration; and how to care for the boat and motor.

Mike Toth's second edition on the basics of fishing features expanded coverage of everything anglers need to know, from getting started and choosing and buying tackle to recording the catch hopefully.